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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON C. NEWELL, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO NEWELL-PUTNAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Application filed April 6, 1908. Serial No. 425,340.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON C. NEWELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to button manufacture, particularly to a novel form and construction of a button hereinafter clearly described and claimed, the invention being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a button embodying the invention, all of the parts being shown on an enlarged scale. Fig. 2 is a perspective view in separated relation of the component parts of the button, a cross section of which is shown in Fig. 1, all of said separated parts being shown in the order in which they are assembled. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of a part of the button shown in Fig. l but embodying a slight modification in construction.

Referring to these drawings, it is seen that in its general aspect the button consists of a covered button of substantially the ordinary construction having a superposed raised center also made in the form of a button in a general way and secured centrally to the main button construction. The provision of means to secure a raised center to a covered button of the type shown necessitates certain changes, both in theconstruction of the main body of the button and of said superposed central construction, all of which will be fully described in the following specification. The main body of the button is indicated in the drawings as a whole by a, and the superposed center thereof as a whole, by b.

The main body of the button is constructed as follows, reference being had to Fig. 2 in which 0 is the upper cup-shaped metal collet, the upper surface 61 of which is concaved, a centrally located hole 0 being provided for the reception of parts of the superposed center 6, as hereinafter described. While this collet is concaved, preferably, it need not necessarily be thus constructed, it being given this concaved form for the purpose of depressing the center, to the end that the top of the superposed structure 6 may not extend too far above the margin of the button when completed. The bottom metal collet, indicated by f, is practically like the upper collet 0 and is provided with a central hole 9 through which the center of the lining fabric it may be forced to extend, as shown at is, beyond the lower surface of the bottom collet to constitute a short shank, whereby the button may be attached to the garment in the usual way. The lining fabric in of the bottom collet is pressed into it in the usual manner in suitable dies, the shank k being formed at the same time. A filling washer m of cardboard or like material is located between the upper and lower collets, as usual, to support these collets in their proper spaced relation when the parts of the button are assembled in a press in the usual manner.

0 and 79 indicate respectively the outer cloth covering for the collet 0 and the lining fabric interposed between the cover and the collet, both having a hole punched centrally thereof to register with the hole 6 in the collet.

The superposed structure I) is constructed substantially in the same manner as the niain button structure just described except that it is not provided with a shank; that is, it consists of a top metal collet g and a like bottom collet 1", the filler s, cloth-covering t, and lining piece of fabric '0. The bottom collet 7' has punched out of the center thereof depending prongs to.

Fig. 1 shows these parts of the two structures a and b in their assembled relation, that is, the cloth covering t and its lining are folded down over the upper collet g with their borders turned into the latter, the filler 8 being then placed in the collet; the bottom collet 1" (which fits inside of the upper collet q) is then placed in its proper place and the whole structure put into a press whereby the border of the upper collet is crimped in against the lower collet to secure the parts together, this being the common method of button construction. The structure 6 having been completed, the covering 0 and its lining p are placed over the collet c and said structure is then placed in position on said collet and the depending prongs 'w of said structure 6 passed through the hole in said covering material and collet, and by means of a press these prongs are turned out under the upper side of the collet, as shown in Fig. 1, thus securing the center I) in position and tightly binding the covering 0 to the collet 0. The button is then completed in the usual manner described above as to the structure I), that is the covering 0 and its lining are turned in under the edge of the collet 0, the washer m and the lower collet f then being assembled together and subjected to the ac} tion of a press whereby the covered depending edge of the collet 0 is crimped to the bottom collet f thus drawing the covering 0 tightly over the collet 0.

If desired, instead of making the structure b by punching prongs u; out of the bottom of the collet r, as shown, this collet may e made w th a ce tra hole ke h ol f, and a filler 8, made with a hole through the center thereof to receive a staple 00, such as is shown in Fig. 3, the legs of which are made long .1.0.ugh to. extend through the collet a; the protruding portion of these legs beyond'the collet 0 being then bent outward against the under side of the collet c to secure the structure in position. This con- Str'llCtiQn, hQ Bver, while it constitutes a legitimate modification does not provide as good a fastening means to secure the structime b, to. the structure a.

The construction provides a button which may be made in great variety as to ornamentation and is capable of many pleasing variations or combinations, either of different covering materials for the two parts of the structure, or of like covering materials of different shades, at the same time providing a button which will not be objectionable on account of its thickness.

What I, claim, is 2:.

1. A button consisting of a fabric-covered shell having a central perforation therein and constituting the main body of the button, and a smaller button structure superposed on the main button body and secured to the margin of'the perforation in the center of the shell, and means comprising an inverted collet having a central opening and a fabric lining therein for securing the fabric to the shell, the fabric lining projecting through the opening of the collet, as descr be 2. A button consisting of a concave-faced covered metal body portion and vertical sides,

and a smaller button centrally disposed on the concaved face of the body portion, and

means, comprising a collet, to secure said' smaller button to the body portion and simultaneously hold the cover in contact with the concaved face of said body portion.

3. A button consisting of a concave-faced covered metal body portion having a hole centrally thereof and of the covering mate rial, and a second smaller button centrally disposed on the concaved face of said body portion, a part of the structure of said smaller button extending into said hole in the body portion and secured to the under side of the body portion, whereby the two parts may be secured together.

4. A button consisting of two separate button structures each consisting of clothcovered metal collets, one structure being larger than the other, there being an opening centrally of the collet of one of said structures whereby a portion of the other structure may be introduced to secure the two structures together in superposed relation, the securing means of the smaller structure comprising prongs bent into contact with the under side of the longer collet.

5. A center button having prongs on the rear portion thereof a perforated metal cloth-covered shell, the cloth being clenched to the shell by said prongs on the center button, and a collet for securing and clenching the outer edge of the cloth covering to the shell after the cloth has been gathered and turned over the rim of the shell.

6. A button including two centrally-aperturcd collets placed one within the other, the inner collet serving to bind a covering to the outer surface of the larger collet, a fabric covered center button having a collet to secure the fabric thereon and superposed on the fabric of said larger collet, and means comprising prongs on the collet of said center button and secured to the marginal edge of the aperture of said larger collet, as described.

NELSON c. NEWELL.

Witnesses:

K. I. CLEMONS, H. W. BOWEN. 

